Method of supplying heart screening services directly to a customer
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1. A method of providing a medical screening service to a customer, comprising:
- arranging to make available a medical recording device to a customer, the recording device collecting electronic medical data about the customer;
arranging to provide to the customer a screening service that assesses the electronic medical data collected from the customer by the recording device, the screening service comprising;
receiving at a remote screening center the electronic medical data of the customer collected by the medical recording device, the data having been electronically transferred to the screening center for assessment;
assessing the medical data of the customer at the screening center and producing assessment results;
creating a customer assessment report representative of the assessment results of the medical data of the customer; and
making available the customer assessment report directly to the customer.
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A method of supplying medical screening services directly to a customer includes the steps of customer enrollment, electronic data collection and data transfer by the customer, data assessment by a screening service, and providing a report to the customer by the screening service. The report is made directly available to the customer by fax, by mail, by electronic mail, or by the Internet. Should a life threatening event be indicated by the assessment of the customer'"'"'s data, the screening center will request emergency medical care for the customer. A recording device is sold to the customer either through telemarketing, direct mail, catalog sales, television, or retail outlets. The screening center has a cardiologist available to review the customer'"'"'s ECG data upon the referral by a registered nurse.
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1. A method of providing a medical screening service to a customer, comprising:
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arranging to make available a medical recording device to a customer, the recording device collecting electronic medical data about the customer;
arranging to provide to the customer a screening service that assesses the electronic medical data collected from the customer by the recording device, the screening service comprising;
receiving at a remote screening center the electronic medical data of the customer collected by the medical recording device, the data having been electronically transferred to the screening center for assessment;
assessing the medical data of the customer at the screening center and producing assessment results;
creating a customer assessment report representative of the assessment results of the medical data of the customer; and
making available the customer assessment report directly to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20)
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18. The method of claim 18 wherein the screening service automatically provides the assessment report to the personal doctor when there is a significant clinical finding.
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21. A method of providing a heart screening service to a customer, comprising:
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arranging to make available for direct sale to a customer an electronic, heart recording device, and the recording device collecting electronic ECG data about the customer;
arranging to provide the customer a screening service that provides a fee-for-service assessment of the electronic ECG data collected by the recording device, the screening service including the steps of;
receiving at a remote screening center the electronic ECG data of the customer collected by the heart recording device, the customer having transferred the data to the screening center for assessment;
assessing the ECG data of the customer at the screening center and producing assessment results without the viewing of the customer'"'"'s ECG data by a personal doctor of the customer;
creating a customer assessment report at the screening center representative of the assessment results of the ECG data of the customer; and
making available the customer assessment report directly to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method providing a medical screening service to a customer, comprising:
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arranging for the sale of an electronic medical recording device directly to a customer, the recording device collecting electronic medical data about the customer;
arranging to provide the customer a screening service that provides a fee-for-service assessment of electronic medical data collected from the customer by the recording device;
receiving at a remote screening center the electronic medical data of the customer collected by the medical recording device, the data having been electronically transferred by the customer to the screening center for assessment;
assessing the medical data of the customer at the screening center and producing assessment results;
creating a customer assessment report at the screening center representative of the assessment results of the medical data of the customer;
making available the customer assessment report directly to the customer;
requesting emergency medical care for the customer if the step of assessing the medical data of the customer at the screening center indicates that the customer has experienced a clinically significant event; and
automatically sending the assessment report to a personal doctor of the customer. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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Current AssigneeCard Guard Technologies Inc., Life Watch Holding Corporation
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Original AssigneeCard Guard Technologies Inc.
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InventorsWagstaff, Craig, Brewer, M. Alan, Lenane, Judith C.
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Application NumberUS09/924,361Publication NumberTime in Patent OfficeDaysField of SearchUS Class Current705/26CPC Class CodesG06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing ...G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, ...G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for m...G16H 40/20 for the management or admin...G16H 40/60 for the operation of medica...
